Abs light £1400
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hughesy
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No not really. Glad I ain't got any of that new fangled gizmology on mine
hughesy
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When you say "my dealer" it sounds like the bloke you get your cocaine off
Shifty1962
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Take off each wheel one at a time.
Follow the wires from the ABS sensor to the connector and pull it apart.
Clean the terminals, apply vaseline, and plug back together for each wheel.
Do the same with the connectors on the ABS ECU.
I was once told the same but it turned out to be a dodgy connector.
When I went back to the garage to point out their "deliberate mistake" they told me to go forth and multiply. This was a main dealer and not a back street bodger.
Total cost - nowt but an hour of my time. They quoted more than £800.
Dont always assume the worst as modern electronics are quite robust.
Most of the time its the plugs and sockets or the cables around the expensive bits that play up and the garages are well aware of this fact.
Follow the wires from the ABS sensor to the connector and pull it apart.
Clean the terminals, apply vaseline, and plug back together for each wheel.
Do the same with the connectors on the ABS ECU.
I was once told the same but it turned out to be a dodgy connector.
When I went back to the garage to point out their "deliberate mistake" they told me to go forth and multiply. This was a main dealer and not a back street bodger.
Total cost - nowt but an hour of my time. They quoted more than £800.
Dont always assume the worst as modern electronics are quite robust.
Most of the time its the plugs and sockets or the cables around the expensive bits that play up and the garages are well aware of this fact.
Cheers Shifty will give it a try, all seems to be working fine just this bloody light. Has been off in the past after reset at garage for up to a week. The mechanic suggested a flush and drain of the system may solve it prior to replacement of the unit. thanks for your help.
Patman1200
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If it lasted a week before the system detected a fault and the ABS is working then it's a connector fault. Do as shifty suggested above and it will solve the problem.
If the vehicle has ABS the ABS light must light up when you start the engine and go out on it's own after a short time. If it doesn't = no MOT.
If the vehicle has ABS the ABS light must light up when you start the engine and go out on it's own after a short time. If it doesn't = no MOT.
Shifty1962
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The ABS light should go out after the wheels move at more than 10kph. Otherwise it will stay on indefinitely. My MOT man got confused and tried to tell me I had an ABS fault until I showed him it consistently went out once underway. He still put a call into the VOSA tech dept. to check though.
eightinavee
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It would help if you could tell us the actual fault that put the light on.Shuttle valve switch failure is a favourite for intermittent faulting like this on Defenders,its unlikely to be a connector,most likely shuttle valves or brake switch.
After first visit to garage, prompted by the ABS & Traction control light staying on after moving off the fault was purely reset on the diagnostic computor or what ever they use and it stayed off for a week and returned.Thinking it was only a sensor I took it back and it was checked again this time it did'nt reset and got the news about the £1400 to replace the unit. Got in to leave started up and it cleared as I drove off, returned 2 days later with its mate the traction control light.
As advised by shifty I traced the cables from the front wheels inside the engine bay seperated the connections,just 2 pins cleaned and sprayed reconnected.I then removed the 2 multi plugs with a strugle from the unit sprayed with wd 40 and reconnected.
No change, next task is to see if a connection exists at the wheels to do the same.
Can only try!
As advised by shifty I traced the cables from the front wheels inside the engine bay seperated the connections,just 2 pins cleaned and sprayed reconnected.I then removed the 2 multi plugs with a strugle from the unit sprayed with wd 40 and reconnected.
No change, next task is to see if a connection exists at the wheels to do the same.
Can only try!
eightinavee
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No,you need to act upon whatever the fault codes are - Wabco ABS codes are reliable,post them up and you will get help.
